THE NEW YORKER licity and to pump enthusiasm into the party workers. Nixon has had plenty of experience in both departments, and the feeling of most of those who made the trip with him was that in dealing with them he handled himself smartly and efficIently-particularly in view of the large handIcaps he labored under. His handicap in attracting publicity was related to his handicap in attracting crowds. The judgment of newspaper publishers and editors is to some extent a reflection of the values of the market place and the curbstone, and although the Nixon plane carried a heavy cargo of correspondents-the majority of them in the hire of publishers by no means unfriendly to the Eisenhower administration-the Vice- Presiden t's pronouncements hardly ever got the prominent displays that he and his man- agers had hoped for. His headlines were no match for those of Adlai Stevenson, and after the first few days of the trip, despite the frequent press conferences and the efficient service that the two press secretaries rendered the reporters, he rarely made the front pages of the metropolitan dailies. In part, thIs was, as he frequently pointed out, because he was bound to a party line handed down from above and consequently had less freedom to improvise than Steven- son had, but in larger part it was be- cause, to all appearances, not many Americans are much concerned over what a Vice-President says or thinks or does Even when Nixon went to such lengths as boasting in the South of his membership in the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, he could attract very little attention. Had Stevenson or Eisenhower made any such announce- ment, the echoes would be heard for the rest of the year. With Nixon, there was no echo at all; the story was dead within a matter of hours. Nixon worked under a handicap of a very different order in making his ap- peals to party workers. In their egali- tarIan world, a cat may look at a queen, and a Vice-President may be every bit as good as a President, if not better. In recent years, a good number of them have been indifferent to Mr. Eisen- hower's charms but most appreciative of Nixon's "We like Ike, but we'l] stick with Dick," Representative Dewey Short, of Missouri, said in introducing Nixon; although the "but" where an "and" seemed called for may have been only a slip of the tongue, it had a mean- ingful sound, and Mr. Short was wildly cheered. He was cheered again when he told Nixon, "You're among 171 lfPM 4 0Wt q -itMif .:<.. <, .Y' ' -'" r \ . et \Jan' Cø ,t.I-nt", " fJ bq e '. fi,>; J'o.'(';' Your choice of 3 de/ightlul routes ro EUROPE * New York to ENGLAND · FRANCE · GERMANY by the Home Lines' luxurious 21,OOO-ton M.S. IT ALIA * New York to SPAIN · ITALY · GREECE by the National Hellenic American Line's popular 21,OQO-ton 5.s.QUEEN FREDERICA * Quebec, Canada to ENGLAND · FRANCE by the Home Lines' 26,OOO-ton flagship 5.S. HOMERIC Again th ;;ÿrjjØ 12 to 20 DAYS '" AlI1I F New York Dec. 22, Vt . the rom b 8 '" to fascinating ports In A Jan. 5 & 23, Fe · , .. s & soutH AMER\( Mar. 2 & 19, Apr. 4 WESt \ND\ C by the COMPLETELY H AIR-CONDITIONED MER I HOME LINES For complete information I f consult your , '.t< .I'< " ',' · . , Travel Agent ! MIiUJin. fi'. ..u......... '..-.. _ _, .<- JI:ØII' - _tt _ø U _It!tHdB>!* ::;ø;: , tw '^'"^^' ,' ,""." . "',' . .,,,. :.::____' .I!. . . ::. .':: 0 :' ,':.: ,:: :--... . "'" - ......... -- At sea you can relax. . . rest. . . anå enjoy life at its bestl AGENCY INC. 42 Broadway, New York 4, N. Y. Digby 4-6363